Walking the line

Josh Fahlsing

Published 2:56 pm, Tuesday, April 26, 2016

A Laker student tries to walk a straight line Wednesday afternoon in the high school gym while wearing Fatal Vision goggles. Sgt. Todd Schember of the Huron County Sheriff's Office looks on in the background.

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The Fatal Vision goggles simulate how things might appear to someone under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The set of six goggles offer a day and night version for each of three classifications of intoxication. The low impairment goggles simulate a blood alcohol level of .07 to .1+, while the high impairment goggles fall in the range of .17 to .2+. The third set of goggles simulate extreme impairment from drugs such as marijuana, cocaine or ecstasy.

Schember came to the school on his day off to put several students through the paces while they wore the goggles. He had them perform a roadside sobriety test, shoot free throws, and attempt to sign their names to a piece of paper to demonstrate how motor skills can be affected when a person is impaired.